Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:55:26 +0000 From: Gerry Weaver <gerryw@compvia.com> To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD as an embedded platform Message-ID: <2c94e09af74b4417816cdd854f5529cb@MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com>
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Hello All, I have an embedded router project coming up and I was considering FreeBSD a= s a possible platform. However, I have run into a few issues getting a stab= le development environment setup. I started with FreeBSD 10.1, but quickly = realized that the new toolchain needs to cook a while longer before the per= formance will be there. I then tried FreeBSD 9.3 thinking that would improv= e the situation. It does seem to solve the performance issues, but I'm find= ing that many of the third party open source libraries I would like to use = either don't compile or don't run. Admittedly the last time I worked with F= reeBSD was in the version 6 timeframe, but I don't remember having so many = issues back then. I would really like to hear what other folks that are usi= ng FreeBSD as an embedded platform are doing in this regard. Are you using = versions that are older than 9.3 or restricting yourselves to what is in th= e ports tree? The need to port and test a bunch of libraries would make a s= ignificant impact on project stability and development time. Any advice on = this would be much appreciated. There may be some kernel work involved and = I would much rather work with the FreeBSD kernel. Thanks, -G
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